Prostatic Carcinoma: Biology and Diagnosis (Clinics in Andrology, Band 6) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9400988893 ISBN 13: 9789400988897

Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

I. Biological Aspects.- 1. Functional anatomy of the prostate.- 2. Quantitative physiopathology of prostatic carcinoma.- 3. Prostatic cytology in the follow-up of prostatic carcinoma.- 4. Histochemistry of prostatic cancer and stromal invasion.- 5. Endocrine aspects and steroid receptors in prostatic carcinoma.- II. Diagnostic Procedures.- 6. Mass screening of prostatic diseases.- 7. Clinical markers in prostatic cancer.- 8. Hormonal control of prostatic biochemical markers; acid phosphatase as a marker of androgenic control of the ventral prostate.- 9. Prostatic biopsy.- 10. Serial prostatic biopsies: application in control and management of benign and malignant prostatic disease.- 11. Bone marrow acid phosphatase in prostate cancer.- 12. Radioimmunoassay for human prostatic acid phosphatase.- III. In Vitro Studies and Animal Models.- 13. In vitro models.- 14. Androgen regulation in the prostate of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).- 15. Effects of carcinogens and retinoids on prostatic explants.- 16. Epilogue.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9400988893
• ISBN 13: 9789400988897
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Herausgeber: Hafez E.S., Spring-Mills E.
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